RKMBs Forums .::Robegories::. Comic Books Action Comics # 858. SPOILERS

not again...

I'm seriously thinking of dropping the Superman books.The stories have been lackluster and sporadic.I generally respect Geoff Johns as a writer but the whole "Let's turn Clark Kent back into a buffoon with no explanation." sticks in my craw.I ain't no John Byrne flag waver but I liked that he gave Clark a real personality and made him a successful reporter,not an identity to hide behind.Respect from his family and his peers were due to him from his accomplishments at the Daily Planet and a novelist as much as his deeds as Superman.I call shenanigans on DC.Not that they changed him but because there was no "start" for it.They should've had an issue that said "From here on this is how it's gonna be".I could deal with that then.Maybe "Final Crisis" will resolve it,though I doubt it.

I sort of agree with Allan but not because I happen to not like this new interpretation, but because they seem to be retconning too much stuff on the sly.

As the Superman books have been near incomprehensible to me since the Loeb days, every new retcon to me feels as if I've somehow missed some crucial issue and leaves me scratching my head even more than I've already been.

Ah. Didn't know.



Well, I see where you're coming from. However, I'm into it. In my view, there's a diff between regurgitation and reinvention. Morrison's stories are from the heart. Geoff Johns and his ilk are from the nostalgia centers of their ass. Morrison's doing this in a non-continuity book. John & Co. are trying to overlay their Silver Age beliefs on the mainstream books. Therein lies the difference for me...